Wingate, N.C.----Wingate University outside hitter Molly Lambillotte piled up a career-high 20 kills Friday night, leading the Bulldogs to a 3-1 victory over Mars Hill University in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action in Cuddy Arena. Wingate won by scores of 25-21, 23-25, 25-22 and 25-22 to improve to 19-3 overall and 12-3 in the SAC. The Lions fall to 19-10 overall and 7-8 in league play. The 'Dogs have won six straight and 14 of their last 15.

KEY STATS

- Wingate hit .228 on the night; Mars Hill hit .121
- The 'Dogs had 65 kills and 23 errors in 184 attacks
- The Lions had 43 kills and 22 errors in 174 swings
- The Bulldogs had 12.5 blocks on the night; MHU had 12 blocks
- WU had seven aces and 14 service errors; the Lions had eight aces and just two errors
- Wingate piled up 99 digs on the night; Mars Hill had 86
- The 'Dogs hit .432 in the first set and .359 in the third frame
- The Lions hit .300 in the opening set and .263 in the third
- MHU hit -.019 in the final frame
- The Bulldogs improve to 54-7 all-time against Mars Hill, with a 25-1 home record
- Wingate has won 45 in a row against the Lions

KEY BULLDOGS

- Lambillotte had 20 kills and 15 digs, adding three blocks; seventh career double-double
- Sophie Schaff added 13 kills and five blocks
- Maggie Young hit .423 with 12 kills, six blocks, five digs and three aces
- Quin Sutphin contributed eight kills and seven blocks
- Reese Blackley registered five kills on the night
- Shannon Kasprak piled up 52 assists and a career-high 26 digs, adding six kills
- Maggie Mullen picked up a career-best 21 digs; Taryn Pryce added 14 digs

FIRST SET

- Kills from Schaff and Kasprak, along with a Pryce ace gave Wingate an 8-5 lead
- Two kills and a block from Young, along with a Lambillotte kill made it 13-8
- Kills from Grace Lily and Jana Cuk capped a 3-0 MHU run that tied it at 15
- A kill and a block from Cuk put the Lions on top 18-17
- Kills from Schaff and Kasprak put WU back on top, but a Lilly kill tied it at 20
- Kills from Blackley and Young, along with two MHU errors put Wingate on top 24-21
- Lambillotte's kill ended the frame
- WU had 19 kills and three errors in the set, hitting .432
- Lambillotte hit .462 with six kills; Young had five kills in six swings, Schaff had four kills in seven swings
- Kasprak piled up 15 assists, four digs and three kills in the first set

SECOND SET

- A kill and two block from Young, along with a Marianna Warren ace put WU on top 6-1 in set two
- Mars Hill scored the next five, tying it on a Lilly block
- The 'Dogs scored the next seven, getting two Young aces along with a kill and two blocks from Schaff to take a 13-6 lead
- Kills from Jordan Schmucker and Sarah Goddard cut the lead to three at 14-11
- Schmucker's ace pulled MHU within one, but a Young kill put the Bulldogs on top 17-15
- The Lions scored four of the next five, taking a 19-18 lead on a Sarah Goddard kill
- Kills from Sutphin and Lambillotte put the 'Dogs on top 20-19
- Mars Hill answered with four of the next five, taking a 23-21 lead on two Lilly aces
- Two Kasprak kills pulled Wingate within a point at 24-23
- Ully Martins capped the frame with a kill, tying the match at one
- The Lions had 10 kills and seven errors in the set, hitting .057
- The Bulldogs had 13 kills and seven errors, hitting .113
- Lambillotte led Wingate with four kills in the set, Young added two kills, three blocks, four digs and two aces

THIRD SET

- Goddard's kill gave Mars Hill a 9-7 advantage in the third frame
- Kills from Lambillotte, Young, Blackley and Sutphin gave Wingate an 11-10 advantage
- Lilly's kill put the Lions back on top 12-11, but the 'Dogs scored the next six to go on top 17-12
- Sutphin had two kills and two blocks in the flurry; Schaff added a kill and two blocks
- A Lilly kill pulled Mars Hill within two at 18-16, but a Schaff kill pushed the lead back to four
- A Schaff kill and Pryce ace made it 22-17, but a Goddard kill and Schmucker ace made it 22-20
- Two Young kills put the Bulldogs on top 24-21; Sutphin ended the frame with a kill
- Wingate hit .359 with 19 kills and five errors in the set
- Schaff piled up six kills in 11 swings, hitting .455 in the frame
- Sutphin had four kills in four swings, with Young added four kills in six swings
- Kasprak handed out 16 assists in the set, adding four digs and a kill

FOURTH SET

- A 5-0 run put WU on top 6-4, with Schaff and Sutphin each notching a kill and a block
- A Lambillotte kill and two Blackley kills gave Wingate an 11-7 advantage
- A Young block and Lambillotte kill put the Bulldogs on top 17-10
- A kill and a block from Lambillotte made it 19-11
- Two Lambillotte kills and a Schaff kill gave Wingate a 23-15 lead
- MHU scored the next seven, making it 23-22 on a Lilly kill
- Young answered with a kill, while a Mars Hill error ended the match
- Lambillotte piled up seven kills and eight digs in the finale frame
- Kasprak had 11 assists and nine digs

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Saturday, hosting Lenoir-Rhyne at 2 p.m.